Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Device

at Hayden AI

🏢 About Hayden AI

Hayden AI develops AI-driven solutions that make urban transit safer and more efficient while promoting sustainable development. They're unique because they deploy embedded software in real-world transportation environments, meaning their technology directly impacts public safety and urban mobility. Working here offers the chance to contribute to tangible improvements in city infrastructure through cutting-edge AI applications.

About This Role

This Senior Quality Assurance Engineer role focuses on ensuring the reliability of embedded software deployed in transportation devices, requiring end-to-end ownership of quality processes from test planning to post-release validation. The position is impactful because you'll be responsible for software that operates in critical real-world environments where failures could affect public safety and transit efficiency. You'll drive quality through both manual and automated testing strategies specifically for embedded systems.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day involves collaborating with software engineers on test planning for upcoming embedded software releases, developing or maintaining Python-based automated tests for device functionality, and participating in defect triage sessions for field-reported issues. You might also be reviewing test strategies for specific transportation scenarios and working with operations teams to validate post-deployment software performance in real-world environments.

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🎯 Who Hayden AI Is Looking For

  • Has 7+ years of QA/Test Engineering experience with specific expertise in testing embedded systems, IoT platforms, or devices (not just web/mobile applications)
  • Demonstrates strong proficiency in Python for building and maintaining automated test frameworks, not just using existing tools
  • Possesses experience with SDLC and CI/CD pipelines in an embedded software context, understanding the unique challenges of device deployment
  • Can show experience working cross-functionally with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Operations teams to embed quality throughout development

📝 Tips for Applying to Hayden AI

1

Highlight specific experience with embedded systems or IoT device testing in your resume, not just general QA experience

2

Showcase Python automation projects where you built or significantly modified test frameworks, not just wrote test scripts

3

Research Hayden AI's specific transportation solutions and mention how your experience aligns with their real-world deployment challenges

4

Demonstrate understanding of release management for embedded software, including risk assessment and post-release validation processes

5

Prepare examples of how you've worked with cross-functional teams to improve testing workflows in previous roles

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your experience with embedded systems or IoT platforms in transportation or similar real-world environments', "Specific examples of Python-based test framework development and maintenance you've led or significantly contributed to", "How you've previously owned end-to-end quality processes for software releases, particularly for deployed devices", 'Your approach to working with engineering, product, and operations teams to embed quality throughout development']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Hayden AI's specific transportation solutions and products - understand what devices/systems their software runs on
  • → Their deployment environments and the real-world challenges of urban transportation systems
  • → Their technology stack mentions in job descriptions or company materials to understand their development environment
  • → Recent news about Hayden AI's projects or partnerships in urban development and transit

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Describe your experience testing embedded systems in real-world deployment scenarios (not just lab environments)
2 Walk through how you would design a Python-based automated test framework for an embedded transportation device
3 How do you handle risk assessment and release sign-off for software deployed in critical environments?
4 Discuss your experience with CI/CD pipelines for embedded software and how you've integrated quality gates
5 Share an example of how you've improved testing workflows through collaboration with engineering and operations teams
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on web or mobile application testing experience without addressing embedded systems
  • Listing Python as a skill without concrete examples of test framework development (not just scripting)
  • Presenting generic QA experience without demonstrating understanding of the unique challenges in transportation/embedded environments

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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